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‘I won everything’: How Trump is impressing voters of all stripes
The Republican frontrunner has bragged about picking up support in nearly every demographic – and he’s not far off base.
Clinton and Trump go into caucuses leading key poll
Bernie Sanders draws biggest crowds and Donald Trump goes evangelical on the last night of campaigning before bellwether vote.
Peacekeepers probed for rape, killing
Men sent to stabilise the Central African Republic are accused of sexual violation and civilian death.
Cuba raises flag in Washington as embassy reopens after half a century
Cuba’s foreign minister takes the hugely symbolic step of raising his country’s flag at a newly designated embassy in Washington.
Democrats in the deep end
Midterm poll defeat will rattle presidential heir-apparent Hillary Clinton.
More troops, fire power for Israel
The security Cabinet has bolstered the state’s resources in order to expand its attacks on Gaza.
Roundabout way to a swing state
Georgia was always a Republican stronghold, but the Democrats’ base is growing fast.
Philip Seymour Hoffman dies of suspected heroin overdose
The body of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won an Oscar for his role in Capote, has been discovered in his apartment after a suspected drug overdose.
Legal haze fogs US cannabis laws
Federal and state laws in the United States are not in sync, but the future full-scale legalisation of marijuana might not be too far off.
Secret steps to Middle East peace
The first meetings between Palestinian and Israeli officials have been hailed as ‘positive’ and ‘constructive’.
CIA to ship arms to Syria
US House and Senate give green light to Obama’s plan to supply light weapons to rebel groups.
Relief at voices of trapped miners
Psychologists ‘happily surprised’ by condition of miners after 19 days on shift foreman’s strict rationing in underground bunker.
Planes grounded as Thai protests take off
Bangkok was effectively cut off this week as the city’s second airport was closed after it was stormed by anti-government protesters.
How an angry officer shamed the tyrant Mugabe
It was the murder of his uncle that convinced a prison officer to bring to bring to the world a visual account of life in Zimbabwe under Mugabe.
Raves for wrinklies
The thudding bass that seeped from London’s Fabric nightclub in the early hours gave away no clues. It was just after midnight — earlier than usual — when the contents of the…